Improvement in bee-hives



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Letters Patent No. 103,978, dated June T, i870,

IMPRovnMBNT 1N BEE-Hives.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o! the same.

To all whom Vit may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. CARPENTER, of Greencastle, in the county of Franklin and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Bee-Hivesf and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact:v description thereof', reference beinghad to theaccompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making apart of this speciticatioln The nature ofmyinventioirconsists'in the construcinatterv fully set forth.

In 'order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and us'ethe same,

I will now .proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawin", in.,

which- *o Figure' 1 is a transverseverticalsection, and Figur a. horizontal section of my hee-hivc. Figure 3isa perspective ot' au entrance into the portion of the box containing thehoney-boxes;

I1`igure`4 is a side view of one ot` the comb-frames,

in reduced dimensions; and

tion between the comb-frames. A represents the bott/omet? .the box, supported on legs or feet, at any height desired. 4

At the corners of the bottom A are posts B B, which Figure 5 is a perspective -view of thebottorn` partii support, on theirupper ends, a. partition, C, ou top of which is a front, I), and sides E E,.inclined downward toward the rear, as seen in iig. 1. i

In the center of the front, betweenV thebottom A and partition G, is a three-sided -rece'ss,'G, between which and the lfront cornerposts BB are doors H H, hinged to the suitable means.

The ends of the box are also'ciosedfbyilpis'l I,

hinged to the'front corner-posts, andcontined, by

anges a ci, on the ends of the: rear doorJ, which is,v

' The recess G, which is round, or, rathcr, cmicircular, within the box, is provided. with apertures, near the bottom A, large enough for swarming the becs, and are reduced in size, so as to beused for bee-entrances to the hive, by means of slide L, which may to close the apertures entirely, when so'desired.

' Above-the slide L, in the recessG, isa horizontal table or-shel, above which are holes or apertures posts, and secured by bolts," or other c e, leading into th inside otlthc hive, which holes may be closed, when desired, by means of a slide, X. Y

gular blocks, 0 O,at'a suitable distance apart, furthe insertion ot' the comb-trames between fthem. llit blocks O O do not rest immediately on the bottoni or floor A, but are provided, at their bases, which is on the circumierence of the circle, with a bar, f, which v secured to the tioor, leaving a space unilerthe block, tion and arrangement of' a bee-hive, as will he herebetween it and the tloor. The points of the triangular blocks do not come close up to tbge inside ot` the recess G, but a suitable distance ii'oiirit, so as to leave a space or passage entirely around the inside ot the reccss.-

On the under side of thc top orparttion C are similar triangular blocks, Of O', with bars f f' bearing against 'thc top, a`nd placed directly-above each corre- Spondingblock O. i Y

The blocks O OV are held in place by a hook, y, and screw li, having a hole through its head, through which the hook'is passcd,as shown in fig. 1.

On the sides of the blocks() and O'are cutgrooves or ledgestbr the reception of glass Ii i, which is held in place by the tbllowingmeans: Near the base of the bloc-li are cut two hol through which is passed a.

wire, Je, bent as follows, as shown in tig. 5: The wire is bent so as to form two loops near thc center, and the ends passed down through the holes in thc block, and under the same, bcnt so as to form hooks, which come up, cnc onv each side ot' the block, holding the two panes of glass. In the topblock Uls placed a similar v wire, It', bent in exactlyA the same manner. The two wires kk' are then connected by' means ol two spring- -rods l 1,' whigh press, or, rather, draw the hooksclose to the two panes of glass, holding them firmly to the .blocks at their-outer edges. The inner 'edges ofthe two panes join', and are held in precisely thcsamc manner, by means of bent wire-hooks` m m and one spring-rod n.

lThe'con'ib-framcs l larc constructed in such a manner that, when inserted in the spaces between thc blocks O 0 and 0.-' O, their outer-end bars will entirely close up the space between the top and bottom, and

between the outer edges of thc panes of glass, tonadjoining sets of blocks, Theft-:unes l I may be con structed in any suitable manner, so as to leave space for the becs to pass over, under, and at the sides, but not escape, and they are also provided with pins o o to keep them at their propel' places between the parles ot'glass, and, also, from the inner side of the recess G.

It will be seen that the room for the bees is entirely disconnected from the sides ot' the box, and, by opening the doors, the entire inside ofthe hive can be seen, vso as to examine the condition of the bees.

.l t would be nroner-here to-remnrk that inside off the iront doors il il are also panes of glass, p p, each of which may he made in two parts, so that the lower portions of each pane may be relnovedfor hiring bees. ."lhe advantages ot' a hive thus constructed are too apparent to need any mention.

Above and below the front doors ll H and side doors l l are projectingr flanges or ledges r fr, which prevent insects from coming into the box, and it',by any means, they should gain access to the box, they cannot get into the hive proper, as that is entirely disconnected iioin the sides of the hok.

On top of the partition C are placed honey-boxes li li, to which the bees gain access by means ot' holes s in their bottoms, and correspondinjr holes .s in the partition C. When the honey-boxes are placed in this position, there is a. space all around its sides and top,

'as seenin iig. l.

l`n the fronti) are apertures l., outside of each of which is a groovcd block, S, having a corresponding opening, covered with wire ganze, as shown in fig. 3.

ln the groove on the block S is inserted a slide, .l, also provided with a corresponding hole or opening, alloivinfgr l'ree access niair to the inside, ahovc the partition C, i'or ventilation.

`When it. isdesired to eutotl' the bees from the honeyhoxes, said bbxes are pushed forward lagainst the in- .side ofthe front D, when the openings si and s' disengage, that is, become closed.

A slide, V, in the front side ot' each honey-box, is then drawn up, and the slide removed from the grooved bloeit S, and the becs in the honey-hoxes will pass out, but cannot lnd their way in through the same.

ll'aving thus fully described my invention,

'hat claim new, and desire to secure by Letterslatent, is-

l. The arrangement of a series of comb-frames in abee-hive, in seniicircular o' approximate forni, with panes of glass and open spaces between them, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. l'lhe arrangement of a bee-hive in such a manner that the comb-frames will be entirely disconnected from` the sides of, the box in which they are inclosed, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The combination of the blocks O O', barsff', panes i i, of glass, wires k k and 1nm, and spring-rods ZZ and n, all constructed and arranged as described, 'substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

4. The recess- G, constructed as describedLand provided with slide L, shelf M, and slide N, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

5. The arrangement of the bottoni A, postsB B, partition C, front D, sides E E, doorsl H H, I I, and J', lid li, and tianges a a, b b, and r -r, all substantially usaud for the purposes herein setforth.

(i. The groored block S, with slide T, constructed and arranged, as described, on the tront D, outside oi' the aperture t, substantially as and t'or the' purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing, I have here- A unto set iny hand, this 23d day ot'Mareh, 1870.

Witnesses:

A. A. Xm'rnax, HARRY KING. 

